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CHIEF    PRECEPTOR. 


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PHILADELPHIA: 

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OFFICERS  OF  OOLOEED  TROOPS. 

The  edition  of  eight  thousand  of  the  Prospectus  of  the 
Free  Military  School  for  Applicants  for  Command  of  Colored 
O  Troops,  established  by  the  Philadelphia  Supervisory  Com- 
-J  mittee  for  Recruiting  Colored  Regiments,  issued  28th 
c(  December  last,  having  been  exhausted,  and  the  interest 
»•  felt  in  the  subject  being  unabated,  a  second  edition  has 
O      become  a  necessity. 


When  the  Government  adopted  the  policy  of  organizing 
colored  troops,  it  constituted  a  Board  of  Examiners,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  examine  all  persons,  whatever  their  rank,  who 
make  application  for  commissions  in  that  branch  of  the 
public  service.  Major-Gexeral  SILAS  CASEY  is  the 
permanent  President  of  the  Board.  The  other  members 
of  the  Board,  consisting  of  two  Colonels,  one  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  one  Surgeon,  and  one  Lieutenant,  who  is  ex  officio 
the  Recorder,  are  changed  from  time  to  time,  according  to 
the  exigencies  of  the  public  service,  but  the  President  being 
permanent,  the  utmost  regularity  and  uniformity  of  exami- 
nation and  decision  are  secured. 

Up  to  December  26th,  one  thousand  and  fifty-one  appli- 
cants had  been  examined;  of  these,  five  hundred  and 
sixty  were  passed,  and  four  hundred  and  ninety-one  were 
rejected. 

The  applicants  are  first  examined  in  Infantry  Tactics, 
Army  Regulations,  and  in  regard  to  their  general  informa- 
tion. They  are  then  turned  over  to  the  Surgeon  for  physical 
examination.  If  found  capable,  they  are  recommended  to 
the  War  Department,  to  be  appointed  to  such  positions  as 
they  have  respectively  been  adjudged  competent  to  fill. 
Every  candidate  stands  upon  his  merits — the  most  obscure 
corporal  or  private  stands  an  equal  chance  with  the  most 


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favored  and  influential  citizen. '  No  recommendations,  how- 
ever  lu;ili.  arc  regarded  as  any  compensation  for  lack  of 
qualilieations,  and  while  the  best  testimonials  that  can  be 
oflfered  are  the  evidence  of  faithful  and  competent  military 
service  in  the  field,  it  is  not  to  be  understood  that  actual 
experience  in  the  service  is  an  indispensable  pre-requisite. 
A  large  number  of  the  successful  applicants  have  had  no 
such  experience,  having  but  recently  left  the  school,  the 
college,  the  desk,  farm  or  workshop,  and  by  a  few  weeks' 
diligent  study  of  the  elementary  books,  fitted  themselves 
for  command,  as  Lieutenants  or  Captains,  and  in  some  in- 
stances as  Majors  and  Lieutenant-Colonels. 


THE  QUALIFICATIONS  KEQUIEED. 

First,  the  applicant  must  be  j-tJnjsicalJy  sound,  in  order 
that  he  may  endure  the  required  service,  and  not  neces- 
sarily fail  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  position,  and 
soon  become  a  pensioner  upon  the  bounty  of  the  Govern- 
ment, without  the  possibility  of  equivalent  service. 

If  a  Lieutenant,  he  should  understand  and  be  able  to 
explain  the  elementary  principles  laid  down  in  Casey's  In- 
fantry Tactics,  as  found  in  the  school  of  the  Soldier,  Com- 
pany and  Battalion.  lie  should  comprehend  the  duties  of 
sentinels,  guards,  &;c.,  as  contained  in  the  Army  Regula- 
tions. He  should  know  all  about  Cluster  and  Pay  Kolls, 
Descriptive  Lists,  and  how  to  keep  Ccunj)any  books. 
And  withal,  should  have  at  least  such  education  as  can 
usually  be  obtained  at  a  common  school.  The  range  of 
study  for  this  grade  is  exceedingly  moderate,  and  the 
position  is  attainable  by  any  bright  young  man  having  a 
fair  common  school  education. 

I/a  Captain,  he  must  po.'^sess  all  the  qualifications  pre- 
scribed for  a  Lieutenant,   but  must  be  more  thoroughly 


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posted,  and  should  be  proficient  in  Battalion  movements, 
and  have  a  better  general  education. 

A  Field  Officer  is  examined  as  closely  in  regard  to  ele- 
mentary principles,  as  a  Captain  or  Lieutenant,  and  is  set 
down  for  the  position  of  Major,  Lieut.  Colonel,  or  Colonel, 
according  as  ho  shall  show  himself  additionally  q-ualified 
for  the  superior  position  desired.  A  field  officer  should, 
in  addition  to  his  own  peculiar  duties,  understand  the 
duties  of  line  officers,  and  be  able  to  instruct  them,  if 
deficient. 

The  Colonel  of  a  Itegiment  should  be  a  gentleman  of  very 
superior  qualifications.  He  should  be  capable  of  giving 
exact  instructions  in  the  entire  system  of  Infantry  Tactics, 
as  authorized  by  the  War  Department,  known  as  Casey's 
Tactics,  in  three  volumes.  He  should  be  master  of  the 
entire  subject  of  Army  Regulations,  so  far  as  tlie  same 
relate  to  the  duties  and  business  of  a  regiment,  and  should 
withal  be  a  man  of  rare  spirit,  industry,  and  executive 
ability.  He  should  be  able  to  detect,  instantly,  the  errors 
of  all  officers  under  him  ;  should  be  able  to  impart  instruc- 
tion to  all,  and  to  decide  correctly  on  the  instant,  all  ques- 
tions referred  to  him. 

No  talents,  no  zeal,  no  sympathy  for  the  colored  race, 
unless  attended  with  military  knowledge,  and  power  to 
command  men  in  battle,  can  avail ;  and  no  amount  of  pre- 
tence or  number  of  testimonials  of  inQuential  friends  will 
answer  the  purpose ;  the  applicant  must  give  reasonable 
evidence  of  his  ability  to  command.  If  pretence  without 
merit,  or  zeal  without  knowledge,  or  mere  recommendations 
of  personal  and  political  friends  would  be  sufficient  evidence 
of  fitness  to  command,  an  examination  would  be  an  idle 
and  useless  ceremony.  It  is  the  obvious  duty  of  the  Board 
of  Examiners  to  select  the  best  officers  possible  from  those 
who  come  before  it. 


THE  URGENT  NEED  OF  OFFICEES. 

Now,  that  it  has  hecome  the  fixed  policy  of  the  Govern- 
ment to  use  Colored  Troops  to  a  large  extent,  its  efforts  to 
organize  regiments  are  seriously  hampered  by  the  want  of 
competent  officers  to  train  and  command  them.  Up  to 
26th  December  last,  about  forty-seven  per  cent,  of  the  appli- 
cants for  command  have  been  rejected  for  lack  of  knowl- 
edge. Of  these  three  hundred  and  seventy-two,  (372)  were 
officers,  privates,  or  non-commissioned  officers  from  the 
army,  and  most  of  this  particular  class,  and  very  many  others 
from  civil  life,  would  have  passed  the  Board  and  obtained 
commissions,  if  they  had,  under  an  efficient  teacher,  de- 
voted a  few  weeks  to  the  study  of  the  principles  and  details 
laid  down  in  the  books  on  Tactics  and  Army  Eegulations. 

The  rejection  of  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  applicants, 
particularly  of  so  many  earnest  and  brave  soldiers  who 
have  stood  the  shock  of  battle,  has  doubtless  deterred  num- 
bers from  offering  themselves  for  examination,  and  it  is 
feared  that  a  general  but  unjust  impression  has  been  made, 
both  in  the  army  and  in  the  public  mind,  that  the  examina- 
tion by  the  Board  is  too  severe,  and  that  few,  but  those 
who  have  enjoyed  a  collegiate  education,  or  have  actually 
commanded  troops  in  the  field  with  credit,  can  pass  the 
Board. 

Nothing  could  be  further  from  the  fiict.  Whilst  the 
Board  properly  insists  that  the  applicant  must  show  true 
knowledge  of  the  principles  of  tactics  and  capacity  to  com- 
mand men,  and  tahe  good  care  of  them,  and  whilst  it  inllexibly 
rejects  all  who  fall  short  in  these  essentials,  the  Board  de- 
plores the  stern  necessity  which  compels  it  to  reject  good 
men,  particularly  soldiers  whose  deficiencies  might  be  over- 
come by  a  few  weeks  careful  prei)aration.  With  the 
knowledge  of  these  facts,  and  in  order  to  meet  the  increased 
demands  for  officers  to  command  Colored  Troojis,  The 
Philadelphia  Supervisory  Committee  for  Recruiting  Colored 
Regiments,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  at 


"Washington,  has  established  a  Free  School  for  Military 
Tactics,  in  its  Building,  No.  1210  Chestnut  street.  The 
Committee  has  secured  the  services  of  well  recommended 
and  experienced  of&cers,  officers  and  professors  competent 
to  faithfully  instruct  applicants  in  Infantry  Tactics,  Army 
Regulations,  Mathematics,  and  thoroughl}^  prepare  them 
for  successful  examination.  The  School  is  amply  sup- 
plied with  books  and  everything  necessary  to  its  com- 
plete organization.  The  Committee  invites  young  men  in 
civil  life,  ivlio  are  physically  sound,  and  especially  privates 
and  non-commissioned  officers  in  service,  who  may  aspire 
to  command  colored  soldiers,  to  avail  themselves  of  the 
facilities  which  this  free  military  school  ofters. 

Camp  William  Penn,  the  largest  camp  existing  for  the 
organization  and  disciplining  of  Colored  Troops,  is  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  city,  of  easy  access  at  low  rates 
of  fare.  Arrangements  have  been  made  with  Colonel 
Wagner,  Post  Commander,  by  which  Students  of  this 
School,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Preceptor,  will  be 
allowed  to  sojourn  temporarily  at  the  camp  and  exercise 
the  functions  of  officers,  in  assisting  to  drill  and  train  the 
Regiments  that  may  be  organizing  there. 

The  superior  comforts  and  cheapness  of  living,  remarka- 
ble in  Pliiladelphia,  offer  special  attraction  to  all  who  may 
seek  the  advantages  of  the  School,  and  especially  to  those  of 
moderate  means.  Good  board  can  be  had  at  from  $3  50  to 
§5  per  week. 

The  Committee  trusts  that  its  efforts,  by  means  of  a  Mili- 
tary School,  to  provide  what  the  country  so  urgently  needs 
at  the  present  time — namely,  applicants  competent  to  be 
officers  in  the  Colored  Regiments — will  be  handsomely  re- 
sponded to  by  the  spirited  3'Oung  men  of  the  country — by 
those  in  the  army,  as  well  as  those  in  civil  life,  and  that  it 
may  be  able  to  speedily  furnish  the  Board  of  Examiners  a 
sufficient  number  of  applicants  well-grounded  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  tactics,  and  otherwise  fitted  to  command  troops, 
who  may  pass  examination  and  thus  largely  relieve  the 


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War  Department  from  the  ;jrrcat  pressure  now  existing  for 
officers  to  organize  and  train  the  hosts  of  colored  men  now 
seeking  to  enter  the  service  of  their  country. 

The  foregoing  prospectus  of  tlie  Free  Military  School, 
was  published  December  26th,  1863,  on  which  day  the 
school  was  opened  with  two  students  (both  of  whom  are 
now  Captains  in  command  of  colored  troops),  under  Joiix 
n.  Taggakt,  late  Colonel  of  12th  P.  R.  Y.  C,  and  up  to 
the  present  time  the  applications  for  admission  have  been 
sixteen  hundred  and  ninety-one — much  the  larger  portions 
of  which  have  been  from  soldiers  in  the  hospitals,  on  fur- 
lough, or  in  the  field;  forty -six  of  these  applicants  have 
been  rejected  for  the  self-evident  want  of  education  on  the 
part  of  the  applicants;  eight  hundred  and  two  of  the 
applicants  are  defective,  not  being  accompanied  with  testi- 
monials of  good  character,  and  otherwise  irregular,  and 
have  been  referred  back  to  the  applicants  for  correction ; 
the  remainder,  viz.,  eight  hundred  and  forty-three,  have 
been  passed  on  affirmatively. 

Of  the  latter  class,  four  hundred  and  twenty-two  are 
now,  or  have  been  on  the  rolls,  the  rest  are  on  their  way  to 
the  school  from  the  difterent  sections  of  the  country  in 
which  they  reside,  or,  they  are  soldiers  in  the  army  before 
the  eneiny  and  are  waiting  at  the  present  time  for  furloughs. 

The  Committee  has  persistently  urged  the  War  Depart- 
ment to  grant  furloughs  for  a  brief  period,  to  select  num- 
bers of  intelligent,  educated  and  well  recommended 
soldiers  now  in  the  field,  in  order  that  they  might  partake 
of  the  advantages  of  the  school.  The  Department,  after  a 
thorough  consideration  of  the  subject,  has  concluded  to 
allow  such  facilities  to  this  class,  and  has  issued  the  fol 
lowing  order: 


"General  Orders,  )  "^^'-^^  Department, 

[■       Adjutant  Gen.'s  Office, 
No.  125."  j  M^ashington,  March  29,  1864." 

"  Furloughs,  not  to  exceed  thirty  da^^s  in  each  case,  to 
th^  lion-commissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  army 
■who  may  desire  to  enter  the  Free  Military  School  at  Phila- 
delphia, may  be  granted  by  the  Commanders  of  Armies  and 
Departments,  when  the  character,  conduct  and  capacity  of 
the  applicants  are  such  as  to  warrant  their  immediate  and 
superior  commanders  iu  recommending  them  for  commis- 
sioned appointments  in  the  regiments  of  colored  trooj)s. 

"  By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

E.  D.  TOWNSEND, 
Assistant  Adjutant  General^ 

Official  : 

The  rapid  influx  of  students,  from  the  hospitals,  the 
army,  and  from  almost  every  section  of  the  country,  vary- 
ing from  eighteen  to  forty-eight  years  of  age,  and  from 
nearly  every  profession,  trade  and  calling,  has  been  highly 
gratifying  to  the  Committee.  Increased  accommodations 
and  additional  preceptors  in  the  different  branches  of  study 
were  promptly  provided  to  meet  the  large  increase  of  the 
school. 

By  table  No.  4,  it  will  be  seen  that  many  of  the  students 
have  enjoyed  liberal  education,  and  it  is  worthy  of  note 
that  some  of  them  are  the  sons  or  relatives  of  distinguished 
men ;  it  also  shows  the  number  that  have  entered  the 
school,  the  numbers  dropped,  withdrawn,  examined  by  the 
board  at  Washington,  and  now  remaining  in  the  school, 
and  the  States  from  whence  they  come.  Table  No.  3,  or 
the  Roll  of  Honor,  shows  the  names  of  the  students  who 
have  passed  the  board,  their  ages,  places  of  birth,  education, 
rank  when  entering  the  school,  and  the  rank  for  which  they 
have  been  recommended. 

The  average  daily  attendance  at  the  school,  by  the  con- 
solidated morning  report,  is  one  hundred  and  ninety -four. 


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Strict  militarr  government  is  enforced,  and  the  School  is 
also  formed  as  a  battalion  of  four  companies  under  com- 
mand of  students  appointed  by  the  Chief  Preceptor  to  act 
as  officers,  and  twice  each  day  is  exercised  in  the  school  of 
the  company  and  the  school  of  the  battalion,  in  an  excel- 
lent parade  ground  a  short  distance  from  head-quarters. 

The  following  is  the  present  organization  of  the  School : 

CHIEF    PRECEPTOR. 

JOHN    H.   TAGGART, 

(Late  Colonel  12th  Regiment  Pena?ylvania  Reserve  Corp?,) 
PROFESSOR   OF   ISFANTRY   TACTICS   AND   ARMY   REGULATIONS. 


ASSISTANT  PROFESSORS. 


MILITAKY    STAFF. 

ALBERT  L.  MAGILTON, 

(Oradoate  of  West  Point  Military  Academy,  and  late  Cylouel  4th  Regiment  Pennsylvania 

Keseive  Corps.; 

PROFESSOR   OF   LNFAXTRY   TACTICS   AND   ARMY   REGULATIONS. 

LEVI  FETTERS, 

(Late  Captain  IT.ith  I'ennsylvauia  Reiriment.) 

professor  of  infantry  tactics  and  army  regulations. 
Student  DANL.  W.  HERR, 

(Late  1st  Lieutenant  Co.  K..  122d  Pennr-ylvauia  Kegiment.) 
POST    ADJUTANT. 

Student  J.  HALE  SYPIIER,  of  Pcnna.  • 

FIELD   adjutant. 

Student  LOUIS  M.  TAFT,  M.  D., 

(Graduate  of  Uuiversity  of  Peuna.^ 
SURGEON. 


ACADEMIC    STAFF. 

JOHN  P.  BIRCH,    A.  M., 
A.  E.  ROGERSON,  A.  31., 

PROFESSORS   OF   MATHE.MATICB,    GEOGRAPHY    AND    HISTORY. 

WM.  L.  WILSON, 

LIBRARIAN    AND    I'lIONOGHAPUIC   CLERK. 

Student  CHARLES  BEXTRICK,   Sr., 

POSTMASTER. 

JAMES  BUCHANAN,  (Colored,) 

MKSSENGER. 


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It  has  "been  tlie  aim  of  the  Committee  from  tlie  first  to 
make  the  School  eminently  national  in  its  chaTacter,  and  it 
is  with  pleasure  that  the  Committee  refers  to  the  various 
tables  appended,  showing  the  nativity  of  the  applicants  for 
admission,  of  the  students  in  the  School,  and  of  those  who 
have  graduated,  in  proof  that  it  has  been  able  to  accomplish 
its  design.  It  is  no  less  gratifying  to  be  able  to  refer  to  the 
subjoined  letters  from  the  Hon.  Secretary  of  "War  and 
Major-General  Silas  Casey  commending  the  School. 

War  Department, 
Washington  City,  March  21,  1864. 

Thomas  "Webster,  Esq.,  Chairman, 

1210  Chestnut  Street,  Philadeliihia. 
Sir  : — The  project  of  establishing  a  free  Military  School 
for  the  education  of  candidates  for  the  position  of  commis- 
sioned of&cers  in  the  Colored  Troops,  receives  the  cordial 
approval  of  this  Department.   Sufficient  success  has  already 
attended  the  workings  of  the  institution  to  afford  the  pro- 
mise of  much  usefulness  hereafter  in  sending  into  the  service 
a  class  of  instructed  and  efficient  officers. 
Very  respectfully, 
,  Your  obedient  servant, 

EDWIN  M.  STANTON, 

Secretary  of  War. 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  1th,  1864. 

Dear  Sir  : — Yours  of  the  4th  instant  is  received,  and  I 
have  directed  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  to  attend  to  your 
request. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  learn  that  your  School  is 
prospering,  and  I  am  also  pleased  to  inform  you  that  the 
Board  of  which  I  am  President  have  not  as  yet  rejected 
one  of  your  candidates.  I  am  gratified  to  see  that  the 
necessity  of  procuring  competent  officers  for  the  armies  of 
the  Eepublic  is  beginning  to  be  better  appreciated  by  the 
public. 


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I  trust  I  shall  never  have  occasion  to  regret  my  agency 
in  suggesting  the  formation  of  your  School,  and  I  am  sure 
the  country  owes  your  Committee  much  for  the  energy  and 
judgment  with  which  it  has  carried  it  out.  The  liberality 
which  opens  its  doors  to  the  young  men  of  all  the  States  is 
noble,  and  docs  honor  to  those  citizens  of  Philadelphia  from 
whom  its  support  is  principally  derived. 
Truly  yours, 

SILAS  CASEY, 

Major-  General. 
To  Thomas  Webster,  Esq.,  Ghairman, 

1210  Chestnut  Street,  Philadeljjhia. 

Beside  endeavoring  to  supply  the  government  with  com- 
petent candidates  for  the  command  of  Colored  Troops,  the 
Committee  has  resolved  to  extend  the  privileges  of  the 
School  to  all  who  may  be  about  to  go  before  the  Board  of 
Kxamincrs  for  the  Veteran  Keserve  Corps  (late  the  Invalid 
Corps),  and  it  waits  only  for  further  increased  accommoda- 
tions before  publicly  inviting  all  officers,  non-commissioned 
officers,  and  privates  seeking  command  in  that  branch  of 
service,  to  enter  the  School.  This  determination,  and  the 
immediate  and  very  large  increase  in  the  number  of  stu- 
<ients  which  may  be  expected  to  follow  the  diffusion  of 
liencral  Orders  No.  125,  in  the  army,  make  it  imperative 
that  the  accommodations  and  facilities  of  the  School  should 
be  promptly  doubled  or  trebled.  No  time  will  be  lost  in 
.securing  them. 

A  short  time  since  it  was  found,  on  inspection,  that  ot 
over  three  thousand  colored  troops — chiefly  the  late  slaves 
of  rebels,  enlisted  in  Maryland — not  one  could  "read,  write 
and  cipher''  well  enough  to  correctly  discharge  some  of  the 
duties  of  non-commissioned  officers.  At  the  suggestion  of 
the  chief  mustering  and  recruiting  officer  for  Colored 
Troops  for  that  State,  Col.  S.  M.  Bowman,  of  84th  P.  V., 
and  late  a  member  of  the  board  for  examining  applicants 
lor  command  of  Colored  Troops,  the  Committee  invited 


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active,  intelligent,  educated  young  men  of  color  in  Mary- 
land, to  enlist,  with  the  view  of  becoming  non-commissioned 
officers  in  regiments  to  be  raised  in  that  State,  promising 
to  them  military  teaching  and  training  at  this  School. 
Twenty-one  spirited  young  men  of  color  have  responded 
to  the  invitation,  and  have  been  mustered  in  and  sent 
hither  for  that  purpose.  The  Preceptors  and  the  more  ad- 
vanced Students  have  volunteered  to  teach  these  colored 
patriots,  and  an  auxiliary  School  has  been  commenced  in 
the  Head  Quarters  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  and  training 
colored  soldiers  for  the  posts  of  non-commissioned  officers. 
This  Committee,  formed  to  encourage  and  supervise  the 
recruiting  of  Colored  Troops,  while  actively  continuing  its 
efforts  in  that  direction,  will  steadily  strive  to  furnish  these 
troops  with  humane,  educated  and  skilled  officers,  and  in 
every  other  way  do  its  utmost  to  assist  the  government  to 
subdue  the  Rebellion  and  exterminate  Slavery. 

THOMAS  WEBSTER, 

Chairman. 
Cadwalader  Biddle, 

Secretary. 


Head-Qnarters  of  Supervisory  Committee  } 
for  Recruiting  Colored  Regiments.  ) 

PiiiLADELPHiA,  March  31s^,  1864. 


Directions  to  Applicants  for  Admission 

T)   THE 

.  FREE    MILITARY    SCHOOL 

ESTABLI8UED  BY 

THE  PHILADELPHIA  SUPEEVISOEY  COMMITTEE 

FOR  HECEUITING  COLORED  TROOPS. 


I.  Each  applicant  must  apply  to  the  Committee  for 
admission  by  letter,  wholly  composed  and  written  by  him- 
self, stating  his  residence,  age,  occupation  and  attainments. 
If  he  is  in  the  army,  he  must  state  how  long  he  has  been  in 
military  service,  and  the  character  of  such  service ;  and  if 
he  has  been  in  battle,  state  when  and  where.  If  he  has 
been  in  the  army,  and  is  now  mustered  out,  he  must  state 
the  exact  reason  for  being  out  of  the  service. 

This  letter  of  application  must  be  accompanied  by  some 
written  testimonial  of  the  applicant's  good  character.  If 
he  is  in  the  army,  his  good  character,  his  fitness  for  com- 
mand, and  his  military  record,  should  be  endorsed  on  his 
application  by  his  superior  officer  in  his  own  command, 
and  this  will  be  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  good  character. 

If  he  is  a  civilian,  he  must  have  a  certificate  of  good 
character  from  some  respectable  citizen  of  his  neighbor- 
hood, who  must  certify  on  his  personal  knowledge  of  the 
applicant. 

II.  A  good  common  school  education  is  essential  to 
admission.  The  only  exception  to  this  rule  will  be  in 
i'avor  of  such  as  can  show  a  fine  military  record  in  the 
field — a  record  thai  shall  indicate  true  military  genixis. 

The  following  need  not  apply,  viz. :  Such  a^  are  intem- 
perate;  such  as  seek  the  service  for  lack  of  a  better  business ; 
such  as  have  been,  while  in  die  military  service,  fretiuently 


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sick  at  the  hospital;  and  such  as  are  proved  to  he  ill  whenever 
there  is  a  hard  march  on  hand,  or  a  battle  in  prospect. 

III.  Applicants  Laving  a  superior  general  education  are 
informed  that  the  Board  at  AVasliingtou,  after  examining 
them  on  tactics,  will  question  them  in  the  various  branches 
of  knowledge  they  have  studied,  with  the  view  of  ascer- 
taining the  extent  of  their  capacity  to  acquire  and  retain 
knowledge,  and  with  a  view  of  recommending  them  for  the 
highest  rank  that  their  proficiency  in  tactics  will  justify. 

IV.  As  soon  as  the  students,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Chief 
Preceptor,  are  likely  to  pass  a  favorable  examination,  appli- 
cation will  be  made  for  permission  for  them  to  appear  before 
the  Board,  and  whilst  waiting  for  such  permission,  students 
will  be  sent  to  Camp  AVilliam  Penn,  to  temporarily  exer- 
cise the  functions  of  ofl&cers  of  Colored  Troops. 

V.  The  Committee  will  do  all  in  its  power  to  secure  an 
early  examination  by  the  Board  at  AVashington,  of  such 
students  as  the  Chief  Preceptor  shall  recommend,  and  in 
every  other  way  exert  itself  to  save  the  students  their  time 
and  expenses. 

VI.  Persons  having,  in  their  own  judgment,  such  profi- 
ciency in  tactics,  army  regulations,  and  general  education, 
as  will  enable  them  to  pass  a  favorable  examination,  may, 
if  they  desire  it,  have  a  preliminary  examination  by  the 
Chief  Preceptor,  and  if  his  opinion  is  favorable,  and  they 
have  certificates  of  general  good  character,  they  will  be  im- 
mediately recommended  for  examinations  for  command,  or 
if  the  Preceptor  should  not  pass  favorably  on  them,  they 
iQay  enter  the  School  and  acquire  the  requisite  knowledge. 
The  attention  of  privates  and  non-commissioned  officers  of  the 
army  is  specially  invited  to  this. 

VII.  It  should  be  distinctly  understood,  that  the  instruc- 
tion, use  of  books,  maps,  blocks,  and  opportunities  of  camp 


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experience,  are  all  gratuitous.  All  personal  expenses,  in- 
cluding traveling  hither,  board,  and  transportation  to  and 
from  Washington,  by  those  Avho  may  be  recommended,  and 
all  other  expenses,  must  be  defra3^cd  by  the  students  them- 
selves. 

VIII.  The  following  extract  from  a  private  letter  from  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Examiners,  Washington,  to  the 
Chairman  of  the  Supervisory  Committee,  is  deemed  worthy 
of  being  re-produced  here,  as  being  a  terse  view  of  the 
entire  subject  of  officering  Colored  Troops — practical  and 
eloquent, 

"A  Regiment  of  Colored  Troops,  when  turned  over  to 
the  command  of  its  white  officers,  consists  of  a  thousand  or 
more  of  unlettered  black  men,  often  late  slaves,  dressed  in 
the  soldier's  uniform  and  armed  like  soldiers.  They  will 
be  expected  to  do  the  soldier's  duty,  but  as  yet  they  are 
profoundly  ignorant  of  that  duty.  To  organize  this  mass, 
to  provide  for  it,  to  instruct  it,  to  drill  it,  to  march  it,  to 
lead  it  into  battle  and  make  it  fight,  will  require  an  aggre- 
gate of  the  various  kinds  of  knowledge  only  possessed  by 
superior  white  men. 

"  These  officers  should  be  selected  with  the  greatest  care 
— officers  who  shall  know  how  to  instruct  these  unlettered 
men — officers  who  shall  inspire  their  confidence,  and  hold 
them  up  to  a  high  sense  of  duty,  and  make  them  feel  that 
now,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  their  race,  they  are 
called  upon  to  vindicate,  on  the  battle-field,  their  title  to 
the  honored  name  of  soldier.  Tudcr  such  direction,  black 
men  will  make  excellent  soldiers ;  whereas  if  badly 
officered,  they  will  be  badly  taught,  badly  cared  for,  badly 
led,  and  the  whole  experiment  of  putting  colored  troops  in 
the  field  will  prove  a  failure. 

"'Where  can  such  be  found?'  I  answer  among  the 
gallant,  intelligent,  and  enterprizing  young  men  of  the 
country  now  in  civil  life ;  and  especially  among  the  non- 
commissioned officers  and  privates  of  the  army,  many  of 


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wliom  have  earned  promotion  hy  gallant  deeds,  and  who 
would  be  proud  to  command  colored  troops.  Find  them 
out ;  cultivate  them ;  instruct  them  in  your  Military  School, 
and  send  them  on  for  examination,  and  be  assured  the 
Board  will  not  fail  to  recommend  them  for  the  positions 
they  are  best  qualified  to  fill." 


EXTEAOT  FROM  GENERAL  ORDERS. 
Tlie  following  is  taken  from  the  Order  of  the  War  De- 
partment establishing  the  Board  of  Examination  : 

"4.  Each  applicant  shall  be  subjected  to  a  fair,  but 
rigorous  examination,  as  to  physical,  mental  and  moral 
fitness  to  command  troops. 

5.  The  Board  shall  specify  for  what  grade  of  commis- 
sions the  several  applicants  are  fit ;  and  shall  also  classify 
and  number  them  according  to  merit  or  proficiency. 

6.  Appointments  to  each  gTq,de  shall  only  be  made  from 
the  candidates  approved  by  the  Board,  and  in  the  order  of 
merit  recommended  by  it. 

7.  The  Report  of  the  Board,  if  adverse,  shall  be  conclu- 
sive ;  and  no  person  rejected  by  it,  shall  be  re-examined." 

♦♦ 

C^^  Persons  desirous  of  entering  the  School,  are  invited 
to  apply  in  writing,  and  submit  written  testimonials  of  good 
character,  to  either  of  the  undersigned,  at  No.  1210  Chest- 
nut Street,  agreeably  to  Direction  No.  1,  page  14. 

THOMAS  WEBSTER, 

Chairman. 

CADWALADER  BIDDLE, 

Secretary. 

SAUNDERS  LEWIS, 

Chairman  of  Kxecutive  Committee. 

HENRY  SAMUEL, 

Secretary  of  KxHcntivc  Committee. 

ABRAHAM  BARKER, 

Chairman  of  Finance  Committee. 

ROBERT  R.  CORSON, 

General  Agent. 

JOHN  H.  TAGGART, 

Chief  Precei.tor. 

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E  XT  L  E  S 


FREE  MILITARY  SCHOOL 

Tor  Applicants  for  Command  of  Colored  Troops,  No.  1210  Chestnut 
Street,  PMadelpliia,  John  H.  Taggart,  Chief  Preceptor,  (Late 
Colonel  12th  P.  E.  V.  C.,)  Established  by  the  Philadelphia  Su- 
pervisory Committee  for  Eecruiting  Colored  Eegiments. 

DAILY  SESSIONS  AND  DEILLS. 

I,  On  and  after  Marcli  1st,  1864,  there  will  be  three 
sessions  of  the  School  held  daily,  (excejit  Sundaj-s,  and  on 
Saturday  evenings,)  viz. :  The  First  Session  will  commence 
precisely  at  9,  and  end  at  10.30  A.  M.,  at  which  hour  the 
several  companies  of  the  Free  Military  School  Battalion  w'ill 
assemble  in  their  respective  armories,  when  the  roll  of  each 
Company  will  be  called,  and  absentees  noted.  At  10.45, 
the  Battalion,  under  command  of  a  Student,  will  march  to 
the  Parade  Ground,  on  Locust  street,  west  of  the  Academy 
of  Music,  where  the  Battalion  will  drill  until  12  M.,  after 
which  the  dress  parade  will  take  place,  the  General  Orders 
read,  and  the  Battalion  dismissed. 

The  Second  Session  will  commence  at  2  P.  ^[.  precisely, 
and  continue  until  3.30  P.  M.,  when  the  companies  will  meet 
at  their  armories  for  roll  call,  after  which  the  Battalion 
will  march  to  the  Parade  Ground,  and  be  drilled  until 
5  P.  M.,  after  which  dress  parade  will  take  j^lacc,  orders 
read,  and  Battalion  dismissed. 

Commanding  officers  of  Companies  will  present  their 
morning  reports  to  the  Post  Adjutant  every  evening,  pre- 
vious to  6  o'clock,  with  a  list  of  all  members  of  the  com- 


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pany  present  and  absent  during  tlie  day,  at  eitlier  session. 
These  reports  must  be  attested  by  tlie  signatures  of  the 
Captain  and  First  Sergeant,  as  required  by  Army  Eegu- 
lations. 

The  Evening  Session  will  be  confined  chiefly  to  the 
study  of  Mathematics,  and  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Pro- 
fessors and  their  assistants  instructing  that  Department. 
This  session  will  commence  at  such  hours  as  may  be  an- 
nounced, from  time  to  time,  in  General  Orders. 

An  Evening  Class,  of  Students  exhibiting  a  high  degree 
of  proficiency  and  advancement  in  the  School  of  the  Bat- 
talion, will  meet  in  the  evening  for  instruction,  by  the 
Chief  Preceptor,  in  Evolutions  of  the  Brigade.  This 
Division  will  be  designated  as  the  First  Class. 

ADMISSION  OF  STUDENTS. 

II.  Applicants  having  permission  to  enter  the  School 
from  the  Supervisory  Committee,  will  present  themselves 
to  the  Chief  Preceptor,  daily,  (except  Sunday.)  from  9  to 
half  past  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  for  examination. 

ASSIGNMENT  TO  COMPANIES. 

III.  Each  student,  on  entering  the  School,  will  be  as- 
signed to  one  of  the  companies  of  the  Battalion,  and  will 
remain  in  such  company  during  the  time  he  may  be  con- 
nected with  the  School. 

Students  who  may  be  promoted  as  Field  or  Line  Officers 
of  the  Battalion  will  answer  to  their  names  daily  in  the 
respective  companies  to  which  they  may  be  attached. 

ABSENTEES. 

IV.  The  roll  will  be  called  in  each  Company  at  the 
Mojrning  and  Afternoon  Sessions,  and  any  Student  absent 
from  School  a  full  day,  without  obtaining  leave  of  absence 


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previously,  through  his  commanding  officer,  will  be  stis- 
jyended  from  all  the  privileges  of  the  School,  until  he  fur- 
nishes to  the  Post  Adjutant  a  satisfactory  explanation  of 
the  cause  of  such  absence.  All  such  explanations  must  be 
made  by  the  Student  to  the  Captain  or  commanding  officer 
of  his  company,  and  by  him  to  the  Post  Adjutant.  Attend- 
ing one  session  daily  will  secure  the  Student  his  position 
in  the  School,  but  absence  for  three  days  in  succession, 
or  three  days  in  any  one  week,  will  cause  the  name  of  such 
Student  to  be  droi^ped  iTom  the  roll  of  the  School. 

All  excuses  for  absence  must  be  made  in  writing.  Any 
student  frequently  absent,  and  furnishing  unsatisfactory 
explanations  as  to  the  cause,  will  be  considered  as  inatten- 
tive, and  render  himself  liable  to  be  dropped  from  the  roll, 
if  in  the  judgment  of  the  Chief  Preceptor,  it  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  impose  this  punishment. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Y.  Students  are  required,  during  the  sessions,  to  give 
their  undivided  attention  to  the  Chief  Preceptor  and  Assist- 
ant Preceptors,  while  teaching,  and  all  loud  conversation, 
lounging  attitudes,  and  other  violations  of  good  order  and 
decorum  are  prohibited.  Any  student  found  guilty  of  vio- 
lating this  rule,  will  render  himself  liable  to  be  expelled 
from  the  School. 

The  Preceptors  and  Assistant  Preceptors  will  be  held 
accountable  for  the  regular  and  orderly  conduct  of  their 
respective  Classes  or  Divisions,  while  under  their  immediate 
instruction. 

Defacing  books  belonging  to  the  School,  or  scribbling,  or 
writing  names  in  them,  or  cutting  the  blocks  used  for  tac- 
tical demonstrations,  will  subject  the  offender  to  expulsion. 
Assistant  Preceptors  will  be  held  accountable  for  any  viola- 
tion of  these  rules  in  their  Class  Eooms,  and  will  report  to 
the  Chief  Preceptor  the  name  of  any  Student  oflending. 

Smoking  in  the  class-rooms,  or  about  the  building,  is  pro- 
hibited. 


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Obedience  and  subordination  being  essential  to  tlie  pur- 
poses of  the  Free  Military  School,  any  Student  who  shall 
disobey  a  command  of  the  Chief  Preceptor,  or  of  any 
Assistant  Preceptor,  or  other  Superior  Officer,  or  behave 
himself  in  a  refractory  or  disrespectful  manner,  shall  be 
dismissed  or  otherwise  less  severely  jDunished,  according  to 
the  nature  and  degree  of  his  offence. 

Any  Student  who  shall  answer  for  another  at  any  roll 
call,  or  who  shall  engage  any  other  Student  to  answer  for 
him,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  School,  or  otherwise  less 
severely  punished. 

Any  Student  who  shall  be  guilty  of  conduct  unbecoming 
an  officer  and  a  gentleman,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the 
School. 

Every  Student  shall  pay  to  his  superiors  the  compliments 
prescribed  by  the  General  Eegulations  for  the  Army.  (See 
Army  Eegulations,  article  XXXIX,  paragraphs  254,  256 
and  257.) 

Any  Student  leaving  his  company  while  on  the  march 
from  the  School  Building,  or  remain  in  the  Class  Eooms  after 
answering  to  his  name,  to  evade  drilling  with  the  Battalion, 
will  be  dismissed,  or  otherwise  less  severely  punished. 

Any  Student  who  may  be  in  the  School  Building  when 
the  study  hours  cease,  and  the  companies  assemble  for 
drill,  will  repair  to  his  Company,  answer  to  his  name,  and 
march  with  his  company  to  the  Parade  Ground,  and  drill 
with  it,  although  he  may  have  been  present"  at  one  drill 
the  same  day  previously.  Any  violation  or  evasion  of  this 
rule  will  render  the  offender  liable  to  be  dismissed. 

No  Student  shall  be  excused  from  drill  by  the  command- 
ing officer  of  his  Company,  who  has  no  authoritj'-  to  grant 
such  indulgence.  Those  desiring  to  be  excused  must  make 
application  personally  to  the  Post  Adjutant,  stating  the 
reasons  therefor,  and  the  Adjutant  will  report  the  same  to 
the  Chief  Preceptor  for  his  action. 


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STUDENTS  ACTDsG  AS  ASSISTANT  PRECEPTOES. 

YI.  Students  -svill  be  detailed,  -whenever  necessary,  as 
Assistant  Preceptors  in  tbe  several  classes,  and  when  on 
dutv  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  the  same  as  the  regularly 
employed  Preceptors. 

STUDENTS   TO   ACCEPT   WHATEVER   POSITION 
RECOMMENDED  FOR. 

YII.  It  is  required  that  aU  students  admitted  to  this 
School  shall  pledge  themselves  to  apply  to  the  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers, in  session  in  "Washington  City,  for  permission  to 
appear  before  that  Board  for  examination  as  to  their  qual- 
ifications for  commands  in  Colored  Regiments,  and  to  accept 
commands  in  the  same  if  conferred  on  them,  and  this  pledge 
is  made  on  signing  these  rules. 

"When  Students  are  passed  by  the  Preceptor,  as  compe- 
tent to  appear  before  the  Board  at  Washington,  they  will 
proceed  thither  without  delay,  a.^  soon  as  permission  to  ap- 
})ear  before  said  Board  has  been  obtained. 

BOOKS  FOR  INSTRUCTION,  MAPS,  &c. 

Till.  Books  for  instruction  in  Military  Tactics  and 
Army  Regulations,  Mathematics,  Arithmetic  and  History, 
and  Maps  and  Atlases  for  instruction  in  Geograph}',  will 
be  furnished  by  the  Supervisory  Committee  for  the  use  of 
the  students,  who,  as  soon  as  their  course  of  instruction  is 
ended,  will  return  the  same  to  the  Librarian  in  good  order. 
Those  who  may  fail  to  return  or  lose  such  books,  will  be 
charged  with  them  at  cost  price. 

The  Librarian  will  be  in  attendance  daily,  (except  Sun- 
days,) from  9  A.M.  until  6  P.M.,  to  issue  and  receive  books. 

POSTMASTER  FOE  THE  SCHOOL. 
IX.  A  student  will  be  detailed  from  time  to  time,  as 


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Postmaster,  who  will  have  charge  of  all  letters  and  papers 
addressed  to  the  students  at  the  School,  and  will  distribute 
the  same  twice  daily  before  the  Battalion  is  dismissed  on 
parade. 

YISITOES  EXCLUDED  DUEIXG  STUDIES. 

X.  No  visitors,  or  persons  not  connected  with  the 
School,  will  be  admitted  to  the  Class  Eooms  during  the 
hours  devoted  to  recitation,  except  a  member  of  the 
Supervisory  Committee,  or  strangers  introduced  by  a  mem- 
ber of  said  Committee. 

No  Student  shall  introduce  a  stranger  into  the  Class 
Eooms  during  study  hours  under  any  pretence  whatever, 
and  no  strangers  will  be  permitted  to  visit  students  at  the 
school  during  study  hours. 


IXATTEXTIYE  STUDENTS  TO  BE  DEOPPED 
FEOM  THE  EOLL. 

XI.  Should  a  student,  after  ten  days'  tuition,  show  no 
evidence  of  improvement,  the  right  is  reserved  to  the  Chief 
Preceptor,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, to  privately  inform  such  student  that  he  exhibits  no 
capacity  to  become  an  officer,  and  that  his  further  presence 
is  not  desirable. 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE. 

XII.  Leaves  of  absence,  not  exceeding  twenty  days  in 
length,  will  be  granted  by  the  Chief  Preceptor,  where  the 
necessity  is  urgent.  Application  for  such  leave  will  be 
made  in  writing  by  the  Student  to  the  Captain  or  com- 
manding officer  of  his  company,  who  will  endorse  upon  it 
his  approval  or  disapproval,  and  forward  it  to  the  Post 
Adjutaqt,  for  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  the  Chief  Pre- 


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ceptor.  Every  Student,  on  returning  from  leave  of  absence 
will  immediately  report  himself  to  the  Post  Adjutant,  to 
be  assigned  to  the  particular  class  to  which  he  may  belong. 
Students  overstaying  their  leaves  of  absence,  without  giving 
proper  explanation  within  one  day  after  the  expiration 
of  such  leave,  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  for  non- 
attendance. 


SURGEON. 

XIII.  A  Student,  skilled  in  medicine  and  surgery,  will 
be  detailed  as  Surgeon  to  the  School,  who  will  examine 
Students  who  may  apply  for  leave  of  absence  or  to  be 
excused  from  drill  on  account  of  sickness.  He  will  be  in 
attendance  daily  from  10.30  to  11  A.  M.  at  his  office,  room 
No.  2. 

Applications  for  leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness, 
will  be  made  in  writing,  in  conformity  with  paragraph  185, 
Army  Eegulations. 

OFFICIAL  COERESPONDENCE,  &c. 

XIY.  All  official  communications  from  Students  intended 
for  the  Chief  Preceptor  of  the  Free  Military  School,  will  be 
addressed  to  the  Post  Adjutant.  The  full  name  of  the 
Student,  signed  to  such  communications,  will  be  written  in 
one  line,  and  his  rank,  company  and  regiment,  (if  a  soldier) 
in  the  next  line  below.  If  a  civilian,  his  address,  or  the 
State  from  whence  he  comes,  will  be  written  on  the  line 
below  his  signature. 

All  communications,  from  Students,  addressed  to  the 
Post  Adjutant  or  Chief  Preceptor,  shall  be  written  on 
paper  susceptible  of  being  filed  to  a  uniform  size,  and  shall 
be,  when  delivered  to  their  address,  of  the  size  of  a  sheet  of 
letter  pajjer,  folded  in  three  equal  parts ;  no  such  commu- 
nication being  made   on   a  piece  of  paper  of  a  less  size 


25 

than  tlie  one  of  sucli  parts,  or  the  one-sixth  of  a  sheet  of 
letter  paper. 

All  communications  from  Students  to  the  Supervisory 
Committee,  intended  for  the  War  Department,  or  the 
Bureau  for  Colored  Troops  at  Washington,  D.  C,  must  he 
made  through  tl^e  Chief  Preceptor,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  forward  them,  accompanied  with  such  remarks  as  he  may 
think  proper. 


RESIGNATIONS   AND  WITHDRAW ALS. 

XVI.  Any  Student  who  may  wish  to  resign  or  with- 
draw from  the  School,  must  do  so  in  writing,  through  the 
Post  Adjutant,  stating  the  reasons  therefor,  and  if  deemed 
satisfactory  by  the  Chief  Preceptor,  such  Student  will  be 
granted  an  honorable  discharge.  No  resignation  will  be 
received  from  a  Student  under  charges,  or  who  is  liable  to 
be  dropped  from  the  rolls  for  non-attendance. 

PAPERS  AND  DOCUMENTS. 

XVII.  Students  leaving  for  Washington  for  examination, 
or  withdrawing  honorably  from  the  School,  will  have  re- 
turned to  them  such  documents  or  papers  they  may  have 
presented  to  the  Supervisory  Committee  to  obtain  permission 
to  enter  the  School,  except  the  original  application  of  the 
student  himself,  which  will  be  retained.  Papers  or  docu- 
ments belonging  to  those  who  may  be  dropped  from  the  roll 
for  non-attendance,  will  not  be  returned. 

STUDENTS  TO  SUBSCRIBE  TO  THESE  RULES. 

XYIII.  Adherence  to  the  foregoing  rules,  and  such  others 
as  may  be  hereafter  made,  will  be  subscribed  to  by  each 
student,  on  entering  the  School,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose. 


26 


CLASSIFICATION  OF  THE  SCHOOL. 

XIX.  The  School  will  be  divided  into  four  classes,  namely : 

First  Class.  Those  studying  3d  volume  of  Casey's  Tactics 
or  Evolutions  of  the  Brigade. 

Second  Glass.  Those  stud_)nng  the  School  of  the  Battalion. 

Third  Class.  Those  studying  the  School  of  the  Company. 

Fourth  Class.  Those  studying  the  School  of  the  Soldier. 

Each  student,  before  entering  the  School,  \d\\  be  ex- 
amined by  the  Chief  Preceptor,  and  assigned  to  one  of  the 
four  classes  named.  Promotions  from  the  lower  to  the 
higher  classes  will  be  made  upon  the  recommendation  of 
Assistant  Preceptors,  and  after  an  examination,  if  found 
qualified,  the  student  will  be  promoted  to  a  higher  class, 
and  his  name  published  in  General  Orders  for  the  inft^rm- 
ation  of  the  School. 


GENERAL  ORDERS. 

XX.  General  Orders  wall  be  published  daily  to  the  com- 
mand, announcing  the  promotions,  recommendations  for 
promotions,  daily  details  and  duties,  the  names  of  students 
recommended  for  examination  before  the  Board  at  Wash- 
ington, the  names  of  those  who  may  pass  the  Board,  with 
the  rank  for  which  they  may  be  recommended,  with  such 
other  information  as  the  Chief  Preceptor  may  deem  proper 
to  communicate  to  the  School. 

JOHN  H.  TAGGART, 

Chief  Preceptor. 


27 


Free  Military  School  for  Applicants 

FOR  Command  of  Colored  Troops. 

No.  1210  Chestnut  Street, 

Philadelphia,  March  31s/,  1864, 
Thomas  Webster,  Esq., 

Chairman  Supervisory  Committee. 
Sir  : — In   compliance   with  your  request,   I  have   the 
honor  to  forward   you  the  accompanying  tabular  state- 
ments, showing  the  progress  and  present  condition  of  the 
institution  under  my  charge. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  H.  TAGGART, 
Chief  Preceptor  Free  Military  School. 


No.  1. 


Analysis  of  Examination  of  Applicants  for  Command  of  Colored 
Troops,  before  the  Board  at  Washington,  of  which  Major-General 
Silas  Casey  is  President,  from  the  organization  of  the  Board  to 
March  29th,  1864,  inclusive. 


RANK. 


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PHILADELPHIA  SIPERVISORY  COMMITTEE 

1  UU 

RECRUITING  COLORED  REGIMENTS. 

THOMAS  WEBSTER,  Chairman. 

CADWALADER  BIDDLE, 

Sec. 

S.  A  MERCER.  Treas. 

N.  B.  Browne/ 

H.  C.  Lea, 

Saunders  Lewis, 

Geo.  H.  Boker, 

Lindley  Smyth, 

Henry  Samuel, 

George  T.  Thome, 

Abraham  Barker, 

William  H.  Ashhurst, 

S.  S.  White, 

Joshua  Spering, 

Craig  D.  Ritchie, 

William  Sellers, 

Thomas  J.  Megear, 

E.  W.  Clark, 

J.  Miller  McKim,        . 

William  D.  Kelley, 

Evan  Randolph,         ^■*'  -,  -, 

Wm.  Cox, 

John  J.  Borie. 

B.  P.  Hunt, 

John  A.  McAllister,                  ' 

Rev.  J.  Walker  Jackson, 

Benjamin  H.  Brewster, 

Col.  G.  H  Crosmau,  U.  S 

.A. 

B.  Reimer, 

Rev.  Phillips  Brooks, 

Caleb  H.  Needles, 

Theodore  Bliss, 

L.  Montgomery  Bond, 

William  M.  Tilghman, 

Atherton  Bleight, 

Rev.  J.  Wheaton  Smith, 

Rev.  R.  J.  Parvin, 

0.  Howard  Wilson, 

A.  E.  Borie, 

Lemuel  Coffin, 

Horace  Binney,  Jr., 

A   G.  Cattell, 

James  A.  Wright, 

Daniel  Smith,  Jr., 

Thomas  P.  Stotesbury, 

John  S.  Newbold, 

A.  H.  Franciscus, 

B.  H.  Moore, 

Joshua  P.  Ash, 

John  D.  Taylor, 

Henry  C.  Townsend, 

James  W.  Carson, 

S.  M.   Felton, 

James  L.  Claghorn, 

Algeraori  S.  Roberts, 

W.  J.  Wainwright, 

M.  Russell  Thayer, 

Charles  Wise, 

Edward  Parker, 

Charles  O'Neill, 

Wm.  S.  Pierce, 

James  Pollock, 

Wm.  W.  Justice, 

George  M.  Coates, 

Chas.  Wheeler, 

T.  Charlton  Henry, 

Franklin  Comiy, 

Edwin  R.  Cope, 

T.  Morris  Perot, 

William  Meredith, 

E.  M.  Davis, 

Dr.  G.  K.  Zeigler, 

Col.  Louis  Wagoer. 

EOBT.  R.  CORSON,  General 

Agent  of  Committee,  1210  Chestnut  St. 

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